Shaving-brush.



S. K. AVERY. SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLIOATION FILED'SEPT. 23. 1911.

1,047,878, Patented Bias. 1?, 1912.

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Y unrrnn STATES PATEN OFFICE.

SAMUEL x. AVERY, OF'GOODLAND, INDIANA.

i SHAVINGQBRUSIH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1'0 all ivltom it m -concern:

Be it knownthat I, SAMUEL K. AVERY, citizen of the United States, residing at Goodland, in the county of Newton and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shaving brushes and has for an object to provide a soap-con taining brush and in which the soap. is

forced in the bristles of the brush 1 when it is deslred to use the same.

Among other features the invention emin the bristles of-thebrush, and a compressing plate threadedly mounted in the said container 'for forcing the soap outwardly therefrom and into the brush body when the container is operated.

' Reference is lto be had to the accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts inall Figure 1 is a vertical section through tlie. body of the brush. Fig.2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.1, look-- ing in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3.

is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the squared rod with the compressing plate mounted thereon.

I provide atubular casing 10, constituting a handle and having an apertured cap 11 engaging one end thereof,.the said casing being provided ontheinnerperiphery with screw threads 12.'-Ex tending..through the casing 10 is a squared rod 13 and engaging the upper end of the rod is a screw l lpassing through the aperture in the cap 11, the rod 13 being prpvided with a cylindrical hearing portion 15 engaged by the cap 11 so that the casing 10 be rotated relatively to'the rod 13. The lower end of the casing 10 terminates in an integral'flanged portion '16 and the lower end of the rod 13 is pro- Referring more particularly to the views,"

vid-ed with an integral spider 1'7, consisting '20 and braces 21 connecting the outer rim 18 1 Patented Beta-17,1912.- Application filed September 23, 1911. Serial No. 650,93 4.

withthe inner rim 19, openings 22 being formed between the braces 21 and through whichthe soap is forced as will be hereinafter more fully explained. The lower end of the spider 17 embodies inclined sides 23 terminating in a tubular shank 24-provi'ded with exterior screw threads 25, a chamber 26 being formed by the inclined .sides' 23. .Secured to the lower end of the spider 17 is a base 27, consisting of an outer casing 28 having contained therein a substance 29 such as rubber or the like an'dthe bristles 30 having their ends secured in the substance 29. The lower end of the spider 17 is adapted 'for threaded engagement with the base 27 and extended from the spider 17 into the bristles 30 is a fork 31 provided with tubular prongs 32, the said prongs beingpreferably elliptical in cross section so that when the.

shaving soap is forced outwardly from the said prongs it will assume a flat or, ribbon shape, the mentioned fork 31 having threadedt connection with the base 27, with the inner end of the fork abutting against the- .lower end of the shank 24.

I The spider 17 is mounted in the flanged portion 16 so thatthe same can turn relatively' to'pthe casing 10 and slidably mounted on the rod 13'is a compressing plate 33, the periphery of the compressing plate being threaded for engagement with the threads 12 of the casing 10; The lower end of the casing 10has a filling opening 34 normally closed by a cap 35 and through which the shaving soapis' forced when it isdesired to fill vthe casing 10. a

In.the use of my device, the casing 10 is rotated so that the-compressing plate 33 will -move to the upper end of the casing and the shaving soap is thenforced into the casing through the filling opening 34, the'said opening being then ClOSQdjbY thG i screw cap 35., Now by turning the casing 10, constitutingfa handle, the compressing plate 33 will be moved downwardly in the casing and will slide onthe rod 13. The downward action of the compressing plate 33 will force the forced through the tubular portion of the V ployed.

shank 24 and into the fork 31 from which it will be ejected into the bristles through the tubular prongs 32. Thus-it will be seen that by simply turning the casing 10 relatively to the base 27, the'soap will be forced outwardly from the casing and into contact with the bristles of the brush after which the end of the brush isdipped into water and the desired lather-is produced. It will be further seen and readily understood that in my device a sanitary article is embodied in that any dustor dirt is prevented from coming in contact with the soap before the same is used and the bristles 30 do not repeatedly contact with the same soap as is the case when the usual brush and a separate stick of shaving soap are em"- Although for i the purpose of describing my shaving brush I'have shown a particular construction thereof, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to this construction and the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claim.

" Witnesses Having thus described the invention, I claim I In a device of the class described, the combination. with aninteriorly threaded tubu-' and engaging'the threads on the inner wall of'the said casing, a spider swivelly mountedon the said casing and having the said rod connected thereto, prongs extended from the lower end of thesaid spider and provided with elliptical, openings, a brush head mounted to encircle the spider, and bristles extended from the said brush head to encircle the said prongs.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL K. AVERY.

J. F. AVERY, S. .W. GAUNT. 

